PYDOC2.7(1)                          General Commands Manual                          PYDOC2.7(1)



NAME
       pydoc2.7 - the Python documentation tool

SYNOPSIS
       pydoc2.7 name

       pydoc2.7 -k keyword

       pydoc2.7 -p port

       pydoc2.7 -g

       pydoc2.7 -w module [...]

DESCRIPTION
       pydoc2.7 name Show text documentation on something.  name may be the name of a Python key‐
       word, topic, function, module, or package, or a dotted reference to a  class  or  function
       within a module or module in a package.  If name contains a '/', it is used as the path to
       a Python source file to document. If name is 'keywords', 'topics', or 'modules', a listing
       of these things is displayed.

       pydoc2.7 -k keyword Search for a keyword in the synopsis lines of all available modules.

       pydoc2.7 -p port Start an HTTP server on the given port on the local machine.

       pydoc2.7 -g Pop up a graphical interface for finding and serving documentation.

       pydoc2.7  -w  name  [...]   Write out the HTML documentation for a module to a file in the
       current directory.  If name contains a '/', it is treated as a filename;  if  it  names  a
       directory, documentation is written for all the contents.

AUTHOR
       Moshe Zadka, based on "pydoc --help"



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